Red-capped Crombec (Sylvietta ruficapilla) - BirdLife species factsheet

Red-capped Crombec Sylvietta ruficapilla

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Taxonomy

Taxonomic note

Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A., Fishpool, L.D.C., Boesman, P. and Kirwan, G.M. 2016. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 2: Passerines. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.
Dowsett, R. J.; Forbes-Watson, A. D. 1993. Checklist of birds of the Afrotropical and Malagasy regions. Tauraco Press, Li
Sibley, C. G.; Monroe, B. L. 1990. Distribution and taxonomy of birds of the world. Yale University Press, New Haven, USA.

IUCN Red list criteria met and history

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2016	Least Concern
2012	Least Concern
2009	Least Concern
2008	Least Concern
2004	Least Concern
2000	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1994	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1988	Lower Risk/Least Concern

Species attributes

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	Low
Land mass type		Average mass	11 g

Distribution

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence breeding/resident (km2)	3,870,000	medium
Number of locations		-
Severely Fragmented		-

Population and trend

	Value	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
No. of mature individuals	unknown	not applicable	not applicable	0
Population trend	Stable		suspected	-
Decline (3 years/1 generation past)		-	-	-
Decline (5 years/1 generation past)		-	-	-
Decline (10 years/1 generation past)		-	-	-
Decline (10 years/3 generation future)		-	-	-
Decline (10 years/3 generation past and future)		-	-	-
Number of subpopulations		-	-	-
Percentage in largest subpopulation		-	-	-
Generation length (yrs)	5	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is described as locally fairly common ,though uncommon in Gabon and Congo (del Hoyo et al. 2006).

Trend justification: The population is suspected to be stable in the absence of evidence for any declines or substantial threats.

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory	Occurrence status	Presence	Resident	Non-breeding
Angola	N	Extant	Yes
Congo	N	Extant	Yes
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	N	Extant	Yes
Gabon	N	Extant
Malawi	N	Extant	Yes
Mozambique	N	Extant	Yes
Tanzania	N	Extant	Yes
Zambia	N	Extant	Yes
Zimbabwe	V	Extant		Yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Angola	Caconda
Angola	Cameia National Park
Angola	Cangandala National Park
Angola	Cutato
Angola	Luachimo River (Chitato)
Angola	Luando Strict Nature Reserve
Angola	Mount Moco
Angola	Tundavala
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Bombo-Lumene Game Reserve
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Upemba National Park
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Kundelungu National Park
Malawi	Nyika National Park (Malawi)
Malawi	Vwaza Marsh Wildlife Reserve
Malawi	South Viphya Forest Reserve
Malawi	Mtangatanga and Perekezi Forest Reserves
Malawi	Kasungu National Park
Malawi	Nkhotakota Wildlife Reserve
Malawi	Ntchisi Mountain Forest Reserve
Malawi	Dzalanyama Forest Reserve
Malawi	Malawi Hills Forest Reserve
Mozambique	Furancungo woodlands
Tanzania	Loazi-Kalambo Forest Reserves and surrounding area
Zambia	Hillwood
Zambia	Source of the Zambezi
Zambia	Chitunta Plain
Zambia	West Lunga National Park and Lukwakwa Game Management Area
Zambia	Liuwa Plain National Park
Zambia	Nkanga River Conservation Area
Zambia	Kafue National Park
Zambia	Chimfunshi Wildlife Orphanage
Zambia	North Swaka
Zambia	Chisamba
Zambia	Lukususi National Park
Zambia	Shiwa Ng'andu
Zambia	Lavushi Manda National Park
Zambia	Kasanka National Park
Zambia	Kalungwishi
Zambia	Jimbe Drainage
Angola	Maiombe
Zambia	Wonder Gorge
Zambia	Minyanya Plain
Zambia	Mbulo Forest
Zambia	Mafinga Mountains
Zambia	Lusenga Plain National Park

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	suitable	resident
Savanna	Dry	major	resident
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	suitable	resident
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical Moist	suitable	resident
Altitude		Occasional altitudinal limits

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Species factsheet: Sylvietta ruficapilla. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 26/03/2023. Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2023) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 26/03/2023.